Prospective Lyft drivers will also be able to rent GM vehicles in certain cities.

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On Monday, General Motors and ride-sharing company Lyft announced a new partnership to develop a network of driverless taxis. GM has invested $500 million in Lyft as part of a $1 billion funding round. The partnership includes a seat for GM on Lyft’s board of directors.

Neither Lyft nor GM mentioned how soon they expect to realize their driverless taxi dream. In a press release, GM said it would work with Lyft to "leverage GM’s deep knowledge of autonomous technology.” Lyft promised "to build a network of on demand autonomous vehicles that will make getting around more affordable, accessible and enjoyable."

GM’s labs have been testing the waters with autonomous concept cars, even hinting in October that the company’s strategy in 2016 would be “aggressive” and would include a fleet of self driving Chevrolet Volts. Lyft declined to comment publicly on how a fleet of driverless taxis would impact current Lyft drivers.

Lyft competes heavily with ride-sharing service Uber, and last year Uber announced that it would fund a department at Carnegie Mellon to research driverless cars. This newly announced partnership helps Lyft compete with Uber in another respect as well—in press releases, GM and Lyft added that they will develop several rental hubs around the country. This will offer GM vehicles to prospective drivers if they either don’t have a car or if their car is not good for driving customers. The plan is similar to the one Uber announced at the beginning of December, although Uber partnered with Enterprise to start its pilot car rental program.